Elizabeth Sarah Fowler

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Sarah

When Elizabeth Sarah Fowler was born on 15 May 1858, in Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Fowler, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Dilley, was 26. She married Thomas Augustus Furniss Sr. on 9 January 1878, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1860 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 30 August 1919, in Moreland, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Moreland, Bingham, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Augustus Furniss Sr.
1842–1911
Elizabeth Sarah Fowler
1858–1919
Marriage: 9 January 1878
Mark Sylban Furniss
1879–
Thomas Augustus Furniss
1879–1937
Anna Eliza Furniss
1882–1882
George Isaac Furniss
1884–1971
Fredrick Samuel Furniss
1886–1936
Albert Furniss
1888–1888
Earl Lewis Furniss
1890–1949
Elizabeth Violet Furniss
1892–1985
Bertha Sarah Furniss
1894–1972

Sources (37)

  • Elizabeth Fowler in household of Samuel Fowler, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Elizabeth Fowler, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Elizabeth Furness, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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